Who we are

About Marie Stopes Sierra Leone

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone started providing services in 1986 and is one of the oldest programmes in the Marie Stopes International partnership.

We have a long and proud history in the country and are known locally as “de mammy fo welbodi” or “the mother of health”. The programme continued to work through both the decade long civil war (the only NGO to do so) and the 2015 Ebola outbreak.

We have a long and proud history in Sierra Leone, and are known locally as “de mammy fo welbodi” or “the mother of health”.

Our challenges

The country continues to face many challenges: life expectancy is just 45 and the country has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality.

We one of the largest family planning organisation in the country, with teams working in every one of the country’s 14 districts and providing more than half of all contraception.

Despite all of the progress in the country, just 21% of women aged 15-49 are using a method of modern contraception.

We keep working to ensure that all women and couples, particularly the poorest and hardest to reach, can access the full range of affordable modern contraceptive services to enable them choose the most appropriate method to meet their needs.

We provide short-term, long-term and permanent methods of contraception, as well as maternal and child health services, testing and treatment of STIs and laboratory services.

412,055

Number of CYPs generated from services delivered in Sierra Leone during 2017.

107,000

Unintended pregnancies prevented in Sierra Leone during 2017.

64,000

Unsafe abortions prevented in Sierra Leone during 2017.

How we deliver our services

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone operates in every single region of the country, delivering services to the most under-served areas of Sierra Leone through our various service delivery methods.